Another Disheartening Update: NYPD Seizes OWS Library AGAIN

According to the blog for the Occupy Wall Street People’s Library, the NYPD has seized the library again. This seems to be an update written last night; it’s the latest report to come in so far. We’re attempting to get in touch with the librarians to find out more. For now:

The NYPD seized the People’s Library again tonight. We set up the library again today with 100 books, and the police came over this evening and stood in a line around the books, blocking anyone from reaching the books by creating a fence with their batons. The officers then ordered the Brookfield property sanitation crew to throw them in a trash can. We photographed it all, and video is available on the blog here. The police were asked why they were taking the books and one officer said “I don’t know.”

Having reported on all the effort put into the library, and the community built up around it, our Harriet hearts go out to the librarians. But the library is in the news, as the blog reports, so certainly these new developments will continue to make the rounds as well: